# Fractures at Tift Regional Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2021098019` · 9/17/2021 · TIFTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tift Regional Medical Center
- **Location:** 901 East 18th Street, TIFTON, GEORGIA, 31794
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaving the facility for lunch. While walking down the stairs, the employee's knee gave out and the employee fell. The employee sustained a fractured leg and was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*